XADM: How to Reset System Folders on an Exchange 2000 Server

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to create new site folders on Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. To create new site folders, you must use the Guidgen.exe utility. This utility is available in the in the Support\Utils\I386 folder on the Exchange 2000 Server CD. If you do not have access to this utility, contact Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS), or download the Guidgen.exe utility from Microsoft Support. Download the GUIDGen.EXE package now.

Note Although the downloadable GUIDgen.EXE file is for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, it does work with Exchange 2000.

The Guidgen.exe utility randomly generates a GUID that is used to rebuild the site folders. Because the folders are re-created, the data contained in the original sitefolders are lost.

MORE INFORMATION

Warning If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects, you can cause serious problems. These problems may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, or both Windows and Exchange. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that occur if you incorrectly modify Active Directory object attributes can be solved. Modify these attributes at your own risk.

To reset the site folders on Exchange 2000:

Run Guidgen.exe.

Under GUID Format, select Registry Format.

Generate a new GUID, copy that value, and paste the results into a text editor such as Notepad

Quit Guidgen.exe.

Remove the brackets and hyphens from the newly generated GUID.

For every two characters, prefix them with 0x (zero) and follow them with a space. For example, the string:

Note To locate this item, double-click to expand the following containers:

Configuration Container [Computer.Domain.Com]

CN=Configuration, DC=(Your DC),DC=com

CN=Services

CN=Microsoft Exchange

CN=(Your Organization)

CN=Adminstrative Groups

CN=(Your Administrative Group)

Open the properties of CN=(Your Administrative Group).

On the Attributes tab under Select a Property to View, click SiteFolderGuid.

Paste the 0x formatted GUID in the Edit Attribute field.

Click Set.

Click OK.

Quit ADSI Edit.

Depending on the domain controller that ADSI Edit was connected to when you added the GUID, you may have to wait for Active Directory replication or force Active Directory replication.

Restart the Exchange Services

For additional information about setting the site system folder server (the Exchange 2000 equivalent of the first server in the site), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: